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Actually Nebraska almost forced the kid to commit. Bo told him they would pulll his offer if he did not commit and after what FSU did to him he just felt pressured to commit. I think he was set on SC once FSU was off the table but fell to the pressures at Nebraska. His Family was ok with him going to Nebraska but his commit to them was one of those pressure gigs.I also heard Bo negatively recruited the kid basically throwing SC and Spurrier under the bus. Great pickup.

What's being reported on twitter is that he really did want to go to Nebraska, and if you read his tweets you can see he did like it there.

That of course does not mean there wasn't negative recruiting as those things aren't mutually exclusive. I have no doubt Bo Pelini did that, and he's far from the only one. People in our own division do it. (ala Butch Jones)

I gave only a brief summary of the radio interview. You might want to listen to it for more clarity. He said something about not believing USC's offer was real, or something like that. "What I suspect" (no inside info) is that our coaches honestly told him that we really needed him due to our losses on defense. Then when the nebraska coaches talked with him about that they twisted what he was told and pointed to experienced players that would start next year. McClain then believed that he was misled (a previous post said he believed the USC coaches lied), which I do not believe is the way our coaches recruit. I just hope he has talked to our staff today before he and his family make a decision tonight.

If not....Next!

Yeah he was told USC would pull his offer if we landed other guys we were waiting on and basically made it out like Nebraska was his only commitable offer. The told him if he didn't commit before leaving his offer would be pulled.Bo made it out like USC was playing him and he didn't have a firm offer from us. I believe once we were able to help him understand our offer was firm it was clear he wanted to be a Gamecock.

What's being reported on twitter is that he really did want to go to Nebraska, and if you read his tweets you can see he did like it there.

That of course does not mean there wasn't negative recruiting as those things aren't mutually exclusive. I have no doubt Bo Pelini did that, and he's far from the only one. People in our own division do it. (ala Butch Jones)

Not going to really argue about it though.

After what was told to him by Bo I feel sure he wanted to go to Nebraska. He bought into the goods Nebraska was selling him.

This is so weird. I just recently (I think in this thread) how the young man wasn't even going to decide until a few weeks after NSD so he could visit. I guess this is more proof things change. Great news for us, though.

Yeah he was told USC would pull his offer if we landed other guys we were waiting on and basically made it out like Nebraska was his only commitable offer. The told him if he didn't commit before leaving his offer would be pulled.Bo made it out like USC was playing him and he didn't have a firm offer from us. I believe once we were able to help him understand our offer was firm it was clear he wanted to be a Gamecock.

You know, this is some bullshit right here. Basically forcing to sign then lying to him. Nebraska used to be one of the best programs in the country.....I'll guarantee you Bo learned all this kind of crap at LSU. So this is how good teams recruit in the SEC.